Bad Mood Rising

[GiveMe45]

surprised to see a poster tube from Shoxop today. guess i didn't order a slab of vinyl sunday, eh? 

What did you think the $400 version was?

[vince furnier]

surprised to see a poster tube from Shoxop today. guess i didn't order a slab of vinyl sunday, eh? 

What did you think the $400 version was?

mine was $60. i tend to ignore anything that says $400 thinking it's a set with every color which i don't want or need. 

[GiveMe45]

Looks like mine is out for delivery today.  I was expecting a poster tube so maybe I'll be surprised by some vinyl.....

[amazonAMAZON]

Makes me wonder what is currently the most catchy Melvins song. 'Maybe I Am Amused' from Basses Loaded perhaps?

I'll be holding this claim up against "Black Bock"
"I slit the throat of a billy goat and let it bleed..."

[dirtmerchant]

Looks like it might be coming out early September! Dylan Carlson on the first track.

https://www.roughtrade.com/us/melvins/bad-moon-rising

A better cover art from Haze than i expected too! Although i would still have liked to have seen what Mackie would have offered up.

That looks like Mackie artwork to me.

[))))((((]

That looks like Mackie artwork to me.

Funny you should say that. I thought it too. In fact the more i look at it the more im convinced it is one of hers. It's a little rougher than some of her recent covers but that exact same Working With God font, the inclusion of playful circles and the colour scheme all suggest Mackie.

Additionally, i wonder how Dylan Carlson will fit into the 'Mr Dog...' track. Going by the live performances, it really isn't the kind of track that i expected from a Melvins + Dylan song. Probably a bit quicker and more rocking than i usually associate with Dylan's playing.

[vince furnier]

Looks like it might be coming out early September! Dylan Carlson on the first track.

https://www.roughtrade.com/us/melvins/bad-moon-rising

A better cover art from Haze than i expected too! Although i would still have liked to have seen what Mackie would have offered up.

That looks like Mackie artwork to me.

+1

[black stallion]

will this be available in Europe at a decent price?

[jules]

a skull on the cover?? i can't believe it

[hemispheres]

5 70s rock style songs with hardcore influence and a 20 minute drone piece to end it. Calling it now

[PepsiMike]

5 70s rock style songs with hardcore influence and a 20 minute drone piece to end it. Calling it now

Drone piece? Those days are long gone.

[hemispheres]

Hmm. Ok. 20 minute ambient noise?

[the bloat]

Just when I think I know what the Melvins are going to do next, I'm usually wrong / surprised. If we're making predictions, I would guess prob NOT an ambient noise piece included here. Based on the track lengths and fewer songs, I'm thinking something like the Hot Fish EP. Long, heavy, repetitive sluuuudge.

[GrimReaper]

Looks like it might be coming out early September! Dylan Carlson on the first track.

https://www.roughtrade.com/us/melvins/bad-moon-rising

A better cover art from Haze than i expected too! Although i would still have liked to have seen what Mackie would have offered up.

That looks like Mackie artwork to me.

+1

The skull is Mackie and Buzz from the Austin art show a few years back. I have the artwork hanging in my "gallery"  .

Here it is in COVID Live from the Tribute III:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m06Rh7PhsUQ

Right at the beginning you can see it.

[))))((((]

I'm thinking something like the Hot Fish EP. Long, heavy, repetitive sluuuudge.

I don't think it will be that sludgy. I mean the Rough Trade site says 'Hammering' is one of their catchiest songs. I'm expecting a fairly regular contemporary Melvins album. One that fits quite neatly into what they have produced the last 10 years or so.

The skull is Mackie and Buzz from the Austin art show a few years back.

Ah yes. Thanks for mentioning. I wouldn't have expected them to recycle an image in that way. Even though i do kinda like this cover, i do still find it a bit disappointing. To think of some of the cool things that Mackie COULD have done interpreting the title, it seems a little lazy to just go back down the skull route once again.